Joe's Special

I don't eat enough eggs. I firmly believe this. However it's hard for me to just cook up and egg and eat it by itself. And as much as I love breakfast for dinner, I don't usually have all the things on hand.

So when I found this recipe, I thought it looked pretty darn good. Eggs, meat, spinach? Yes please.

You'll need 6 eggs, olive oil and a little butter, salt, pepper, dried basil, tabasco sauce, half a pound of ground beef/chicken, salt and pepper, and fresh or frozen spinach. I opted for frozen because it's a million times cheaper for the same amount of spinach. I also included some green pepper, green onion and garlic, because I had them in my fridge.

Dice it all up nice and small.

Crack your eggs into a bowl. Look at that one yolk, it's half the size of the others! It's kind of hard to see in the picture.

Add all your seasonings to your eggs and mix up.

Melt the butter and olive oil in a skillet over mediumish heat.

Cook your veggies around until softened, about 4 minutes.

Then add your meat and cook until evenly browned.

Now, add your spinach. If using fresh, put the lid on and cook for 3-4 minutes to wilt it all down. If using thawed frozen spinach, cook for about a minute or so with the lid on to take the raw edge off.

Stir it all together.

And dump your eggs on in.

Stir it around until the eggs are cooked how you like them. Try not to overcook them.

And there you have it, a Joe's Special. Whoever Joe is.

Joe's Special (original recipe from here)

• 6 large eggs
• Splash or two of Tabasco or other hot pepper sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt or more to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil or oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly milled black pepper or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• About 1/2 pound lean freshly ground beef or ground dark chicken
• 3/4 to 1 pound fresh spinach or one 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

Crack the eggs into a small bowl and add the Tabasco, salt, herbs, and pepper. Whisk just enough to combine; you should still see large bubbles. Set aside.

Warm the oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat until the butter melts. Add the onion and sauté until soft but not beginning to brown, about 4 minutes. Add the ground beef or chicken and continue cooking until uniformly brown, breaking the meat into small pieces as it cooks. Cover with the spinach, place a lid over the mixture, and cook for about 3 minutes, just until the spinach wilts. (If using frozen spinach, cook, covered, for 1 minute, just to take off its raw edge.)

Stir the spinach into the meat, cooking briefly to eliminate excess liquid if the mixture seems watery. Pour the egg mixture over all, stirring with a spatula from the bottom until the eggs begin to set. Remove from the heat and stir a few more times, as the eggs cook through from the residual heat. Serve immediately.

Makes 4 servings.
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It was tasty. The basil mixed with the meat kind of made it have a sausage quality. It tasted like it had been made with sausage. Sean really liked it too.

Good stuff. Thanks, Joe, whoever you are.